This is just an update for you guys on myself for anyone who is interested:
I’ve started nuvigil that replaced vyvanse for adhd that my dr started me on 3 days ago because of the nationwide ADHD med shortage. Nuvigil is not specifically made for adhd really, but it is not in shortage. So here I am.
I’m having complete lack of focus, lack of motivation, zoning out all day long, not completing anything I start, not myself at all, more anxiety, lower mood, lower energy, can’t follow conversations, sleeping over 15 hours a day and still tired, and more. I’ve already had to cancel important plans too and dreading needing to cancel more important plans too. None of this is normal for me. None of this is fun.
I hope this is just the vyvanse working its way out of my system and is just withdrawals from it. That I’ll be feeling much better in a few days or weeks. It will be a true tragedy if I lost the progress I have made in my life.
That is ■■■■. It’s a fear I have: that meds will be unavailable. And why I do not want to depend on them.
Not sure it’s a help. But in case there’s nothing else available that works. This helped my only half-diagnosed ADHD majorly. It sucked at first, because I ate only a few things. Like rice, pear, lettuce, mango, turkey, water. And I didn’t stick to it. But it helped majorly. Friends said I was a radically different person.
Well the good thing is and this might sound incredibly insensitive and ignorant but from what I’ve heard adhd is a mild condition it’s not life or death HOWEVER for some it’s a very good thing for there life I can’t see how adhd can cause too many problems I might be wrong I’m sorry if I sound like a jckas I’ve just never seen anybody who truly needed it to survive and I’ve seen lots of disasters
I still don’t know the difference between adhd and negative symptoms, both seem similar low motivation, low focus etc also both are caused by low dopamine. I feel like I have adhd but my dr won’t prescribe me strong stimulants only wellbutrin which doesn’t increase dopamine by much vs ritalin and adderall
@AwesomeFisherman, not life or death? Tell that to 25 y/o me jumping off a bus in a random Tibetan village with no means to get out…or hitchhiking through Cambodia…out of impulsivity… (Joking a bit, you don’t sound like a j*ckass at all…I have colleagues who function just fine with it…so it’s not a weird thought).
Most with adhd I know, do without meds. I as well, if I even have it. It can be disabling though…and varying in intensity…and from what I’ve heard…quitting adhd meds is tough.
Idk I even said I might be being a jackass all I know is everyone i know for a fact we’re on Ritalin it messed them up worse Its just my observation sorry if I offended anybody but from what I’ve seen people are much happier off of them
I added a bit to the above post to make clear I was joking, it’s hard to see that through the internet. You don’t sound like a jackass at all. And I understand your doubts.
I am not a proponent of stimulants, from what I’ve seen. I agree with you. A friend put her kid on them to function in school…and I didn’t like the effect on her. She also said the kid was much more capable of playing and joining the other kids, when she was off meds.
Getting off them suddenly is rough though, I think.
I really said ignorant things idk my twin brother who doesn’t have any form of psychosis cry uncontrollably for zero reason on Ritalin he told me that he was seeing stuff that wasn’t there when they took him off of it and it lasted for weeks after also he had severe panic attacks agoraphobia on Ritalin it was a evil med for him and the doctor kept upping the dose and he kept getting worse
Nothing ignorant, don’t worry. Sorry your brother suffered…that is sad. I think psychiatric meds are way overprescribed, and shouldn’t be used as they are now. With no attention to the ill effects. That especially is true for adhd meds.
But back to @anon90992146, I hope you get through the withdrawals well…
@anon90992146 , I think it’s withdrawals. I’m not sure how long it’ll take but I hope not too long. Hang in there. You will eventually get through this
(Joking a bit, you don’t sound like a j*ckass at all…I have colleagues who function just fine with it…so it’s not a weird thought).